"It was as if he threw a bomb at me."
Yasuhiro Nakasone, 85-year-old former Japanese Prime Minister, of current PM Junichiro Koizumi's request that he not run in an upcoming parliamentary election because of his age

"'Liza, stop it, stop it!'"
David Gest,husband of actress Liza Minelli, recounting how he tried to fend off allegedly drunken beatings by his wife, according to his $10 million civil suit. Minelli, who denies the allegations, has filed for divorce